Are you not cooking or eating the way you used to?
Assisted living facilities offer 3 healthy meals a day plus snacks.
It is a proven fact that people eat healthier in a group then they
do
by
themselves. Frequently, seniors simply forget to eat when they are
alone.
Are you not able to clean and organize the way you want to?
In assisted living you do not have to worry about cleaning or doing
your laundry; all of that is taken care of for you. Are you having
difficulty driving, or have you had to give up driving altogether?
When you live at an assisted living facility, you do not need a car
anymore - but you are far from isolated. Most facilities have
their own vans that take you shopping, to dinners, plays, movies,
the library and many other fun, exciting places on a daily basis.
Do you find yourself staying home, feeling isolated and lonely?
While an assisted living facility offers you help with bathing,
dressing, and housekeeping, it can provide you with clubs
to join, exercise classes, cocktail parties and much more to keep
you involved in your community.
Perhaps most importantly, it gives
you the chance to make lasting friendships.
Do you forget to take your medications?
Forgetting to take prescribed medications or taking them at the
wrong time or dosage is a primary reason for hospitalizations.
At an assisted living facility, you never have to worry about
missing your medication
or
taking the wrong dosage. This is all taken care of
by trained medical staff. Medications are ordered for
you and delivered right to the home.
Do you fear falling, or have you fallen recently?
Falls can happen anywhere, but in an assisted living facility you
are not doing many of the things that cause us to fall, such as climbing
stairs, lawn care, shoveling snow, etc.
Do you have difficulty bathing and dressing?
Assisted living facilities should have caring, trained staff to
assist you with activities such as reaching to tie shoes
or buttoning tiny buttons on
shirts
or
sweaters, as well as bathing and showering.
Are you depressed and in need of socialization?
We all need to be involved with other people and with things that
stimulate us. Assisted
living facilities are not nursing homes; rather, they can be more
like hotel accomodations, places where you can be as active as you
want
to
be yet have amenities and services that enable you to live your
life with
the independence and dignity you deserve.
